Week 16 - Challenger ($100,000) - Sarasota, FL, USA (clay)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 16 - Challenger ($100,000) - Sarasota, FL, USA (clay)

steven · Tennis legend

korriban wrote:
After that if you could tell my youngest boy that although he doesn't know it, he actually loves courgettes, and I'll hide in the corner waiting for a plate of them to be hurled at my head (again!).

If he was an impressionable adult, you could try calling them zucchini and making out it's posh food. wink Having said that, anyone being served courgettes is perfectly within their rights to take their revenge in any way they see fit biggrin

Count Zero · Tennis legend

poisonous cucumbers is what they are. Also see roast parsnips - they try and sneak up on you pretending to be small delicious roast potatoes. I grew wise to that trick pretty quick mum!

bartman2099 · Lower Club Player

I think the issue here is that 'best' and 'favourite' are not necessarily the same thing. It can be possible for someone to have a favourite surface but have better results in another surface.
Maybe Kyle enjoys playing on clay but his actual best results might have come on hard.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Ward holds to love, easy game, stream is great

JW 1-0*

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Zverev holds to 30, Ward had a cracking backhand cross court winner

JW *1-1

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

James broken, James much the aggressor, Zverev content on just getting it in play, James balooned a couple out of court and missed an easy winner. Seems a bit reluctant to step up into the court when he should.

JW 1-2*

korriban · Challenger level

Zverev employs the "hit every shot to Wardy's forehand and wait" approach to get the break. Come on James!

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Zverev holds to 30. Pretty poor game from both

JW *1-3

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

well one thing is clear so far, zverev is a massive massive pusher!!

korriban · Challenger level

Huge point where Z must have hit 10-12 shots to the W forehand in a row.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Ward making Zverev doing all the running, dictating play, however Zverev keeps getting it in play, a missed forehand, wild double fault and a failed drop shot, sees James go break point down. But then James wins a mammoth 30+ point with a winner to take it to deuce. Zverev takes the next two points and breaks.

JW 1-4*

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Not Dino as well! First set down the pan by 1-6. cry

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Terrible game from James, forehand deserted him and 4 unfroced errors.

JW *1-5

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

James now appears to have adopted a different strategy and going all out on his shots as what he was doing before wasn't working. Doesn't work though, broken to 15.

Set Zverev 6-1.

Can see James imploding now